Nations Equipment Finance ("Nations") announced today that it has opened offices in Chicago, Cleveland and Tampa. These new offices are in addition to existing offices in New York, Dallas and their headquarters in Norwalk, CT.

"We are experiencing tremendous demand for our equipment lease and loan products...adding these new offices will help us to better serve our customers," said Phil Carlson, President and CEO of Nations. "We funded a significant amount of new business in 2011 and we are already seeing increased demand for our products in 2012. The decision to expand our geographic reach was really quite easy. We at Nations look forward to being a growth story in the equipment leasing and finance industry in 2012."
 
About Nations Equipment Finance
 
Nations Equipment Finance is a commercial finance company founded by former GE Capital professionals offering customized equipment financing solutions to companies of any size. Transactions range in size from $1 million to $50 million and include equipment secured term loans and lease financings. Nations finances a variety of equipment types including construction equipment, machine tools, trucks, trailers, aircraft, food processing equipment, tugboats, barges, cranes and mining equipment throughout the United States and Canada. For additional information about Nations, please visit www.nationsequipmentfinance.com